ixgbe_ptp_suspend(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_ptp_suspend(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about one tiny little function that has one very specific job. she's not doing too much, she's just doing exactly what she says on the tin. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ptp_suspend — stop the PTP work items, bestie, that's it, that's the whole gig 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbe_ptp_suspend (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

so she returns void (nothing back, no drama, no exit code, no "hey did it work"—literally just vibes and side effects) and takes exactly one thing. slay. 💅

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

  • adapter — pointer to adapter struct. that's the whole description. she's a struct ixgbe_adapter * and she's the main character of this function. no cap. 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — this function suspends PTP activity and prevents more PTP work from being generated.

and like... that's the whole thing. that's what she does. she puts the PTP work items to bed. 🌙

⚠️ but bestie, listen — she does NOT destroy the PTP clock device. do you hear me?? she suspends, she stops new work from spawning, and she leaves the clock device alive. she is not a destroyer. she is not cleaning up your clock. if you were expecting her to tear it down you are at the wrong function, iykyk. 🔥

the way that she's so simple and so precise at the same time... obsessed. ngl this is the kind of function that just does its job and goes home. 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file this lives in, for the curious girlies who want to read the source directly 🧚:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c

and here's the whole friend group, the entire PTP squad, all of them, no one left behind 😭💀:

like, look at that list. iconic. every single one of them. go read them, they're literally all right there. 📚💅

🫶 and that's the page!! source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and she was dated October 2026. mwah. bye bestie, go suspend some PTP activity responsibly 💖🌸✨
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